What do you do with a fiber network

What do you do with a fiber network? ? For Providers -- you add services … For a Municipality -- you add providers. . . Eric Lampland RURAL Telecommunications Conference - 2007 Lookout Point Communications

Services are revenue … Convergence is cheaper OPEX Provider view: Fiber is new and expensive CAPEX Today’s Network Converged Networks Services Layer W i r e l e s s D a t a W i r e l i n e V i d e o Operations Layer Physical-Electronics Layer Siloed, Dissimilar, Costly Eric Lampland RURAL Telecommunications Conference - 2007 Lookout Point Communications

Municipal Reasons -Citizens are not able to access newer technologies Availability of services … legacy providers have not …. Cost of services is great … Barrier to entry for new ideas, affects quality of life … Economic Development Impacts Cannot attract new businesses Existing business can not compete effectively Cannot attract necessary employees, unattractive environment Governmental Cost of Services Local costs prevent implementation of new/desired services Revenue dependence on legacy providers Newer motivations for security, emergency services Eric Lampland RURAL Telecommunications Conference - 2007 Lookout Point Communications

You aggregate individual customers Physical-Electronics Layer NG-SONET PBT/PBB - Metro. E OLTs, Active Ethernet Hubs, etc Router Gig. Es GR 303/T. 1 carriage EDFA - RF Individual Aggregation Point Eric Lampland RURAL Telecommunications Conference - 2007 Lookout Point Communications C D W M C D C W D M W M

Open Networks -- how we may approach Municipal Commons Tier 1 Internet Services Layer Neutral Provider Commons City A City B GPON Fabric Video Voice Services GPON Fabric “B” Regional Servers personalization Center GPON Fabric Aggregation Routers “c” GPON Fabric “C” New Region Municipal Commons Operations Layer New CO GPON SP MPLS Core Node Physical-Electronics Layer Eric Lampland RURAL Telecommunications Conference - 2007 Lookout Point Communications

MN and Local Carriers Charter Enventis/Hickory Tech Light. Net Onvoy TDS Metrocom American Fiber Systems Enventis Century. Tel-KMCT Integra Telecom Mc. Leod. USA Qwest Time Warner Telecom Comcast (Time Warner) XO Communications Many Providers The OPEN Network Idea Service Competition The Neutral Commons OCX- CWDM-DWDM 10 Mps -10 Gbps National Carriers Ascent Media Network AT&T –SBC Level 3 Neutral Tandem Sprint-Nextel Global Crossing Verizon-MCI XO Communications State/Gov/ Corporate State MN (OET, Mn. DOT) University of Minnesota Hennepin County LOGIS TIES – K-12 Local Universities Global Capacity Group Sungard-Inflow Allina Health System Eric Lampland RURAL Telecommunications Conference - 2007 Lookout Point Communications

To Build an Open Network … you need Municipal Commons Some method of fiber installs (schools, local government, private, new) Neutral Provider Commons Happy people to work out the kinks (public/private, architecture agreements, etc. ) Eric Lampland RURAL Telecommunications Conference - 2007 Lookout Point Communications

Eric Lampland Lookout Point Communications St. Paul Minnesota www. lookoutpt. com 651. 227. 8122 Questions … ? ? Eric Lampland RURAL Telecommunications Conference - 2007 Lookout Point Communications